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Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. A total of 371 athletes represented Great Britain and the team won twenty medals, five gold, three silver and twelve bronze. This equalled the number of golds won at the previous three Summer Games but was the lowest total medals achieved since the Montreal Games in 1976. Archer Simon Terry and hurdlers Sally Gunnell and Kriss Akabusi each won two medals.
Medallists
The following British athletes won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are emboldened.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
In the sixth appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, the men's team won a bronze medal and Simon Terry added another individual bronze. Alison Williamson added another top eight finish.
Athletics
Men Track Field Combined Women Track Field Combined
Badminton
Men Women
Boxing
Great Britain's sent 10 boxers to the Games. The squad included Adrian Dodson who had previously competed for Guyana at the 1988 Games under the name Adrian Carew. Four British boxers were knocked out in the first round of competition, two were knocked out in the second round and three lost in the quarter finals. Robin Reid, a 21-year-old bookmaker's cashier nicknamed 'The Grim Reaper', won the only medal, a bronze in the light middleweight division after he was beaten in the semi-final by Orhan Delibaş. Key:
Canoeing
Slalom Sprint
Cycling
Sixteen cyclists, thirteen men and three women, represented Great Britain in 1992. Chris Boardman won gold in the individual pursuit.
Road
Men Women
Track
Diving
Four British divers competed at the Games; Naomi Bishop in the women's 3 m individual springboard; Hayley Allen and Lesley Ward in the women's 10 m platform; and Robert 'Bob' Morgan in both the men's 3 m individual springboard and 10 m platform. Morgan achieved the squad's best result finishing 5th in the 10 m platform, an event in which he had won the European bronze medal in 1991 and gold at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Equestrian
Dressage Eventing Jumping
Fencing
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Great Britain in 1992. Men Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
Rhythmic
The women's individual all-around was the only rhythmic gymnastics event at the 1992 Olympics. Britain entered two athletes neither of whom made the final.
Hockey
Men
Women
Judo
Britain sent 14 judokas to Barcelona, seven men and seven women. Men Women
Modern pentathlon
Three modern pentathletes represented Britain at the Games, all were men and contested both the individual and team events. Women's events in the sport were not introduced to the Olympics until Sydney in 2000.
Rowing
Men Women
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m freestyle Men's 100 m freestyle Men's 200 m freestyle Men's 400 m freestyle Men's 1500 m freestyle Men's 100 m backstroke Men's 200 m backstroke Men's 100 m breaststroke Men's 200 m breaststroke Men's 100 m butterfly Men's 200 m butterfly Men's 200 m individual medley Men's 400 m individual medley Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay Women's 50 m freestyle Women's 100 m freestyle Women's 200 m freestyle Women's 400 m freestyle Women's 800 m freestyle Women's 100 m backstroke Women's 200 m backstroke Women's 100 m breaststroke Women's 200 m breaststroke Women's 100 m butterfly Women's 200 m butterfly Women's 200 m individual medley Women's 400 m individual medley Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronised swimmers represented Great Britain in 1992.
Table tennis
Tennis
Great Britain sent six tennis players, two men and four women, to Barcelona. Five competed in singles events, four of whom were knocked out in the first round. The only player to advance to the second round of the singles was Samantha Smith. Smith beat compatriot Sara Gomer in the first round before losing to Natasha Zvereva, who was representing the Unified team. Smith also took part in the women's doubles alongside Clare Wood, the pair lost in the first round to Italians Laura Garrone and Raffaella Reggi. In the men's doubles Andrew Castle and Chris Wilkinson lost their first round tie to the seventh seeds, and eventual bronze medallists, Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi of Argentina.
Weightlifting
Six British weightlifters took part in the Games. Peter Morgan achieved the best result, a seventh-place finish in the middle-heavyweight division. Dave Morgan, who had finished fourth at the 1984 and 1988 Games, was 15th in the light-heavyweight event.
Wrestling
Britain entered a single wrestler, Calum McNeil in the men's lightweight freestyle.
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